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Study sheds light on shopping habits
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
In a recession we all tighten our belts, right? Not necessarily, according to an academic at the University of Hertfordshire.
In a survey of 700 women, Professor Karen Pine found that some women use shopping as an emotional regulator, or a way of ‘anaesthetising’ themselves against life’s ups and downs, and 79 per cent would cheer themselves up with a spending spree.
One in four experienced feelings of regret, guilt or shame after buying something in the week prior to the survey.
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